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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Rash raymond everett jr <zc91p@cplonetie.me>
Reply-To: <rashraymond2001@qq.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2016 02:30:13 -0700
Subject: Please feel free to contact me for futher discussion


ECO BANK PLC NOTICE BOARD, I AM MANAGER Rash raymond everett jr, I WRITE TO=
BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT I WAS APPOINTED AS THE NEW BANK MANAGER OF ECO B=
ANK PLC AND AS I RESUME FULL WORK 08 OCTOBER/10/2016 I FOUND YOUR TRANSACTI=
ON FILE AND THAT YOUR TRANSFER IN THE BANK BOUNDED ACCOUNT HAS NOT BEEN EFF=
ECTED TO YOU SINCE THE PAST YEARS AND AS I HAVE THE NEW PROJECT AT HAND, I =
HAVE FORWARD YOUR PAYMENT FILE TO OUR FOREIGN TRANSFER UNIT TO LOOK INTO YO=
UR FILE AND HAVE YOUR PENDING TRANSACTION WITH THE BANK COMPLETED TO YOUR B=
ANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY. AFTER THE OFFICIAL MEETING WITH THE BOARD OF F=
OREIGN TRANSFER UNIT THIS MORNING,IT WAS APPROVED THAT YOUR TOTAL DUE SUM O=
F $25.5Million USD IN THE BANK BOUNDED ACCOUNT SHOULD BE WIRE TRANSFERD INT=
O YOUR OVER SEE ACCOUNT . TO CARRY OUT THIS TRANSFER, THE FOREIGN TRANSFER =
BOARD HAS OUTLINE THAT FIRST YOU MUST BECOME AN ACCOUNT HOLDER WITH THIS BA=
NK AND THIS SIMPLY MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO OPEN A NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT WI=
TH THIS BANK TO ENABLE THE FOREIGN TRANSFER UNIT BE ABLE TO REMIT YOUR DEPO=
SITED FUND IN THE BANK BOUNDED ACCOUNT INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK BEF=
ORE WE CAN BE ABLE TO TRANSFER THE TOTAL MONEY IN THIS YOUR ACCOUNT TO YOUR=
OVERSEA ACCOUNT THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY. TO OPEN A NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT W=
ITH THIS BANK WILL COST YOU JUST $170USD only FOR YOU TO BECOME AN ACCOUNT =
HOLDER WITH THIS BANK. a)THE BANK WILL USE $170.00 USD TO OPEN A NON RESIDE=
NTIAL ACCOUNT FOR YOU. b)AND YOU MUST HAVE A BALANCE OF AT LEAST $30.00USD =
IN THIS YOUR NON-RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK BEFORE WE CAN BE ABLE T=
O CREDIT YOUR FUND FROM THE BANK BOUNDED ACCOUNT INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THI=
S BANK IN READINESS FOR THE TRANSFER TO YOUR OVERSEAS ACCOUNT. THE FOREIGN =
TRANSFER UNIT HAS APPOINTED AN ACCOUNT OFFICE WHO WILL OPEN THE NON-RESIDEN=
TIAL ACCOUNT FOR YOU ONCE YOU COMPROMISE AND SEND THE OPEN ACCOUNT FEE TO H=
IS INFORMATION BELOW. IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED THAT YOU SHOULD USE YOUR ACCO=
UNT OFFICE NAME AND DETAILS BELOW AND SEND THE OPEN ACCOUNT CHARGE OF $170 =
VIA MONEY GRAM NOW SO AS TO SPEED UP THE RATE OF PICK UP AND THE IMMEDIATE =
TRANSFER BE CONDUCTED TO YOU IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY. ACCOUNT OFF=
ICE DETAILS. AFTER YOU SEND THE OPEN ACCOUNT CHARGE $500 GET BACK TO US WIT=
H THE MTCN AND AS WELL AS YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHERE THE TRANSFER SHALL=
BE CONDUCTED TO YOU AS STATED BELOW. Full names=85=85=85=85=85 Address=85=
=85=85=85=85. Country=85=85=85=85=85 Telephone and Fax numbers=85=85=85=85=
=85 Occupation=85=85=85=85=85 Yours ID or your drivers license =85=85=85=85=
=85 Bank name and address=85=85=85=85=85 Bank account number=85=85=85=85=85=
claimer Signature=85=85=85=85=85. Date=85=85=85=85=85 Rash raymond everett=
jr rashraymond2001@qq.com

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